Colorado Submits Amended Drug Importation Application To FDA

Colorado submitted its amended Canadian drug importation application to FDA on Tuesday (Feb. 27), including a scaled-back list of 24 drugs it plans import at a lower cost, including blockbuster drugs like Novo Nordisk’s Ozempic and Vertex Pharmaceutical’s Trikafta. According to Marc Williams, public information officer for the Colorado Department of Health Care Policy & Financing (HCPF), the changes to the initial application, which was submitted in 2022, also include detailed policies and procedures to support program compliance, expanding the...